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This is a conversation, that lot of people will have, who has an iPhone that is older that iPhone 11. Like my better half and I...
Yes, it might be better for the environment and certainly for Apple's bottom line, but not for my wallet. If Apple would be so concerned about the environment, it really should adopt the USB charger (Power Delivery) standard for the all of the iDevices. Instead of doing it for selected iDevices, such as MacBooks and selected iPads.
Source: https://birchtree.me/blog/a-guy-walks-into-an-apple-store/"Hello, I'd like to buy one of the new iPhones, please!"
"Sure thing, here's the new iPhone 12. It's fast, beautiful, and is generally awesome."
"Sweet, I'll take it. This box is really small."
"Yup, that's because Apple is making the environmental move to reduce waste and not give you yet another charging brick when you, a loyal Apple customer likely have tons of these already."
"I have bought a new iPhone every 2 years for as long as iPhones have existed, I'm extremely loyal! So I can use one of the half dozen bricks I have in my house already?"
"Well, no, see the included Lightning cable doesn't work with any brick we've shipped with an iPhone except last year's iPhone 11 Pro."
"Ok then, I guess that's fine, I suppose I can use one of the less-frayed cables I have at home to charge this phone."
"Don't get too ahead of yourself, because we have this new charging technology that we think you're going to love: MagSafe. It's wireless charging, but it's faster than previous iPhones and magnets make it more reliable too."
"Fantastic, let's do that. Looks like it's $40 for the puck. That's a bit more, but it sounds cool so let's do it."
"I'll add it to your bag. Now tell me, do you have Apple's 20W USB-C charging brick to use with this? It doesn't come with a charging brick either, and to get the advertised speeds then you need to use that brick. Literally no other charging bricks will get that speed."
"Well, no I don't, in part because you didn't sell that product until today."
"So we'll just add one of those to your bag as well. Now you're getting the full iPhone 12 experience we've been advertising you should want to have!"
"This sounds like it will all work great, but now I have a new phone, two new cables, and one new charging brick, but I didn't get a charging brick with the iPhone because that was supposed to help reduce waste?"
"You got it. Thanks for buying the things our ads say you should buy, and enjoy your new iPhone."
Yes, it might be better for the environment and certainly for Apple's bottom line, but not for my wallet. If Apple would be so concerned about the environment, it really should adopt the USB charger (Power Delivery) standard for the all of the iDevices. Instead of doing it for selected iDevices, such as MacBooks and selected iPads.